An of-of-tune, bumbling bureaucracy.
Undertones of employee irritation.
Diversity dissonances.
A football team with major problems with diminished fan support.
But like other bureaucratic deserts, signs of a nurturing life force are scattered throughout the University of Missouri. The Journalism School. The School of Medicine. The Veterinary School.
And the choral conducting department of its school of music.
Since 2011, I have been a member of the Choral Union, a mixture of Columbia, Missouri residents and the university community. Our…..
A brief history of my connections with sexual assault.
In high school and college in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I spent most of my time with Alpha men without disabilities. We discussed the value of certain curves and slots, and shared stories about how charm, luck, and good looks (not force) had allowed some of us to put these curves and slots to good use. I didn’t believe most of what I heard, but I did learn about…..
“My human and Dunbar, his service dog at the time, also met Rudy Giuliani,” Heath, a black Lab guide dog, told Hunter, a multicolored standard poodle. They had just completed the destruction of the baguette they had taken from the refrigerator.
“The former New York City mayor who doesn’t like the color black?” Hunter asked.
“He likes black Labs,” Heath said, vacuuming the baguette wrapper with his nose, looking for crumbs. “He somehow became connected with the guide dog school…..
“Did you know that my human met Hillary Clinton?” Heath, a black Lab guide dog asked Hunter, a multicolored poodle service dog. They were lying next to each other on a king-sized bed, a pair of underwear belonging to a teenage boy between them.
“The creator of the Hillary biscuit?” Hunter asked, licking his lips.
Heath looked puzzled.
Hunter raised his head. “What? You’ve never heard of Hillary dog biscuits? They’re made of wholewheat flour with steak bites mixed in,…..